7:16 AM,
Feb. 15, 2014

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Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press

"In the last one to two weeks, we've seen rapid accumulations on Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan," said Jeff Andresen, an associate professor in Michigan State University's geography department who also is the state climatologist.

The ice cover on the lakes increased from 79.7 percent to 88.4 percent just in the last week, putting the region close to the record of almost 95 percent set in February 1979, according to data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research ...